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This exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. ÝSupport is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Rockefeller Foundation. ÝAdditional exhibition support is provided by Gilbert and Ann Kinney, and the Benefactors Circle of the AFA. ÝThe catalogue is supported by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation. Presentation of this exhibition at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is made possible by grants from Mary and Farhad Ebrahimi/The Ebrahimi Family Foundation, Margaret and George Haldeman, Nunda Ambegaonkar/Gauri Ambegaonkar Foundation, Gilbert and Ann Kinney, and Sigrid and Vinton Cerf. Additional funding is provided by the Else Sackler Public Affairs Endowment.

	Shiva as Nataraja, Lord of the Dance India, Chola period, ca. 1100 Bronze Lent by the Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. Eugene McDermott, the Hamon Charitable Foundation, and an anonymous donor in honor of David T. Owsley, with additional funding from the Cecil and Ida Green Foundation and the Cecil and Ida Green Acquisition Fund
	Vishnu India, Chola period, ca. 990–1000 Bronze Lent by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, the Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
	Shiva as Nataraja, Lord of the Dance India, Chola period, ca. 990 Bronze Lent by a private collection (Scheduled acquisition by the Freer Gallery of Art)
	Ganesha India, Chola period, ca. 1070 Bronze Lent by the Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer
	Uma as Queen Sembiyan Mahadevi India, Chola period, ca. 990 Bronze Freer Gallery of Art, purchase F1929.84
	Child-Saint Sambandar India, Pandi-nadu, Chola period, ca. 1050–75 Bronze Lent by the Victoria and Albert Museum
	Saint Karaikkal Ammaiyar, Mother of Karaikkal India, Chola period, ca. 1050 Bronze Lent by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, purchase, Nelson Trust

	Images from India are by Neil Greentree.
	Silhouette animation was performed by Vasu Mohan.

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